Scanning Machines outside a domain/network

The workstations and servers that are not part of any domain/network
are scanned using Stand Alone Workstation
Audit or by installing the Agent
in the remote machine. Both the methods involve a script being installed
in the remote workstations which scans and pushes the inventory details
to the AE server.

NOTE: Please note that
the scripts are different for Windows and Linux
machines. Click the appropriate tabs to download the script.

Click
the Click
to Download option
to download the script. Save the file as ae_scan.vbs,
in case of Windows machines. For Linux, save the file as ae_scan_linux.sh.

Open
the command prompt. Change the directory to the folder where
the script is saved and execute the following command,

For Windows:

CSCRIPT ae_scan.vbs

For Linux:

sh ae_scan_linux.sh

Executing the script will push the data
to the AE server. If the server is not reachable from the remote machine,
an XML file is generated in the same folder.

Locate and import the XML
file from the application.

Click Submit button. On importing
the XML file, the stand alone workstation is scanned and gets listed
in the Workstation list view page.

NOTE:

For Windows Machines:

The script can be configured as Logon/Startup script
in the Domain Controller. The ae_scan.vbs file can be
configured as a logon script in the active directory with script parameter
as "-SilentMode".This will scan the target
workstations upon user login and push the scanned inventory data to AssetExplorer
Server.

For Linux Machines:

The script can be configured in crontab or as a start-up
script, so that the machines are scanned in a periodic manner
and the data are pushed to the server. The data is pushed to the AE server
using curl which has to be installed in the Linux machine.

Method #2: Installing Agent in the remote machine

The Windows workstations/servers that are not part of the domain/network
can also be scanned using the Agent.
The steps involved to scan machines outside a domain/network,

Install the agent in the
remote machines with "Scan on
system startup" option enabled.

Make sure your AssetExplorer
server is on a public IP to
accomplish this process.

Restart
the remote machine. The system is scanned and the XML is pushed to
the AssetExplorer server.